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Diocese of Križevci

Crisien(sis)

The Eparchy of Križevci is a Byzantine Rite (Croatian Greek Catholic) eparchy serving Greek Catholics in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, erected in 1777. Its cathedral is in Križevci while the eparch resides in Zagreb, and it is immediately subject to the Holy See.

The see

Rank
Suffragan eparchy
Tradition
Byzantine tradition
Erected
17 June 1777
Latin
Crisien(sis)
Patron
Holy Trinity
Annuario code
001001908

The see in figures

Catholics
21,270
Priests
28
Catholics per priest
760
Extent
127,994 km²
Catholics per km²
0.2

Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

The bishop

Eparch
Milan Stipić
Born
28 December 1978
Birthplace
Bosanski Novi

A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.

The cathedral

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Križevci stands in Križevci, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Zagreb.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.